I just sent a reply, but I guess I don't know how to use Google groups
so well (sorry). I think it went directly to the author instead of
posting here. Basically I don't understand Tim's answer and could it
be explained a bit more?

Thanks.

On Feb 27, 9:15 am, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am new to django (coming from ruby on rails) and I want to setup a
> > django application on a free webhost.
>
> A free webhost that allows Django?  Even if it's fairly limited,
> this is interesting.  Can you tell more?
>
> > I have ssh access and executed
> > the install scriped. But I am not allowed to write in the /usr/
> > folder, is there any way to install django without writing in the /
> > usr/ folder ?
>
> > Here is the Error :
>
> > creating /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django
> > error: could not create '/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django':
> >Permissiondenied
>
> Django doesn't need to be installed...it merely needs to be in
> your $PYTHONPATH environment.  Thus, you can simply copy the
> Django files (or do a Django checkout from the SVN repo) into
> some place in your home directory, and then configure your
> deployment to include that directory in your $PYTHONPATH.  You
> omit the details of what your server is (Apache?  lighttpd?) so
> the particulars of this vary.  However, the basic gist would be
> to do something like
>
>    cd ~
>    tar xvfz django-0.96.tgz
>
> and then include /home/snoop/django-0.96 in your $PYTHONPATH
>
> or, if you want the development head and subversion is installed
> on your host (if so, I'm *really* interested in this free host):
>
>    cd ~
>    svn cohttp://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/
> django-trunk
>
> and include /home/snoop/django-trunk in your $PYTHONPATH.
>
> -tim
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